"Getting In"--the movie

[lady in red]

Has anybody seen it? I watched it yesterday. MAN, it was creepy!!!!!!! really dark humor. Even though it was 1993 (seems like middle ages to me), everything is still the same--the pre-med mentality, competitiveness, so on. It scared me.

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[DrBlueDevil]

hehe...it was filmed at Duke...the scene where the computer science guy (forgot the name) runs out of the building into daylight is RIGHT IN FRONT OF the premed advisor's office here!

 

[THE instiGATOR]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by lady in red:
•It scared me.•••••You only have to worry if you are holding seats (or waitlist spots) at highly ranked schools...like UCSF! :wink: <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" /> :wink:

I think I'm pretty safe.

 

[locitamd]

I've been dying to see it for years (no pun intended), but can never find it at local video stores.

I actually know the dirctor (completely irrelevant, I know, but I thought I would share).

 

[FLY]

"Filmed on location in North Carolina at Duke University, Durham, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the Governor's Mansion, Raleigh"

I can't believe I haven't even heard about it. and it was made right here in my backyard.

 

[brandonite]

Hey, lady!

Was it worth seeing? I've always sorta wanted to catch it. Is it worth the effort? Besides being disturbing, that is... :wink:

 

[lamyers1]

I had to see it, so I ordered it from Amazon, I found it like new for seven bucks. It was corny horror flick to me, but at the same time, seeing as how it is a waitlist pre-med movie, it has to be seen. Not as good as Jay and Silent Bob though (not remotely related of course).

 

[racergirl]

Funny, I've heard about this movie on and off from premeds like forever! last month it was on one of the local stations here, so I finally saw it. Was it good? No, but that scene where the guy misses a bubble on the MCAT scantron sheet and realizes his error was 80 questions ago and he has like 30 seconds to try and fix it? that was HILARIOUS--who hasn't had that nightmare??!!

 

[THE instiGATOR]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by racergirl:
•Funny, I've heard about this movie on and off from premeds like forever! last month it was on one of the local stations here, so I finally saw it. Was it good? No, but that scene where the guy misses a bubble on the MCAT scantron sheet and realizes his error was 80 questions ago and he has like 30 seconds to try and fix it? that was HILARIOUS--who hasn't had that nightmare??!!•••••HILARIOUS!?! That happened to me on the VR section! Fortunately, I was able to change all of my answers. I didn't get to do 7 questions, though, because I ran out of time. It was NOT funny and made for a horrible start.

 

[Whisker Barrel Cortex]

The outside of the fraternity house shown in the movie is the old Delta Tau Delta house at UCLA (they got their charter revoked a few years ago). I partied there a few times in undergrad.